diff --git a/python3.spec b/python3.spec
index bb020fa..7472a57 100644
--- a/python3.spec
+++ b/python3.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ URL: https://www.python.org/
 #  WARNING  When rebasing to a new Python version,
 #           remember to update the python3-docs package as well
 Version: %{pybasever}.1
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 License: Python
 
 
@@ -627,6 +627,10 @@ version once Python %{pybasever} is stable.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n Python-%{version}%{?prerel}
+# Remove all exe files to ensure we are not shipping prebuilt binaries
+# note that those are only used to create Microsoft Windows installers
+# and that functionality is broken on Linux anyway
+find -name '*.exe' -print -delete
 
 # Remove bundled libraries to ensure that we're using the system copy.
 rm -r Modules/expat
@@ -1283,7 +1287,6 @@ CheckPython optimized
 %{pylibdir}/distutils/__pycache__/*%{bytecode_suffixes}
 %{pylibdir}/distutils/README
 %{pylibdir}/distutils/command
-%exclude %{pylibdir}/distutils/command/wininst-*.exe
 
 %dir %{pylibdir}/email/
 %dir %{pylibdir}/email/__pycache__/
@@ -1353,7 +1356,6 @@ CheckPython optimized
 %exclude %{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_optimized}-%{_arch}-linux%{_gnu}/Makefile
 %exclude %{_includedir}/python%{LDVERSION_optimized}/%{_pyconfig_h}
 %endif
-%{pylibdir}/distutils/command/wininst-*.exe
 %{_includedir}/python%{LDVERSION_optimized}/*.h
 %doc Misc/README.valgrind Misc/valgrind-python.supp Misc/gdbinit
 
@@ -1575,6 +1577,9 @@ CheckPython optimized
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 07 2018 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 3.7.1-5
+- Make sure we don't ship any exe files (not needed an prebuilt)
+
 * Wed Nov 21 2018 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 3.7.1-4
 - Make sure the entire test.support module is in python3-libs (#1651245)